Out of the wilderness
He was the Aussie actor driven to washing dishes to pay the bills. Now Ben Mendelsohn is in high demand in Hollywood.
Good Weekend
One small spot
Nina Riggs was just 38 when she learnt that her breast cancer was incurable. In her moving and funny memoir, the devoted mother of two chronicles the daily business of learning to let go.
The man most likely to change the world
Meet lawyer James Thornton, the soaring force in environmental activism. His foe: governments and industrial polluters. His battleground: the courtroom. His client: the planet.
UPFRONT
Christina Perozzi
This woman has the best job in the world: educating people about beer.
Walter Mikac and Chris McCann
The day after Mikac lost his wife and children in the Port Arthur massacre, McCann flew from Melbourne to be by his side.
Swings
That beautiful pause at the very top of a swing’s arc is an exhilarating freedom.
Sweet agony
Is it so bad to take a lolly from a restaurant counter if I didn't dine there?
Australian whiteness
I'd love for an Asian-Australian family on TV to be unremarkable. But it's not.
Good Weekend superquiz
Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with these 25 questions.
FOOD
Sounds delicious
We're all about the crunch factor this week – roast pork crackling, and nuts to add texture to a sinfully simple chocolate cake.
Cauliflower power
Cauliflower has hit the radar of the most influential chefs on the planet.
Adelaide's foodie magnets
That South Australian foodie holiday has just got even more decadent.
